Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERGREEN PARK ESD 124·NCES 171455001808
Southeast Elementary School
9800 S Francisco Ave, Evergreen Park, IL 60805 · (708) 422-1021 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
151 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Southeast Elementary School→Central Middle School
Based on grade levels within Evergreen Park ESD 124. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
47.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.1pp since 2023
Math
43.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 21.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southeast Elementary School
Southeast Elementary School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Elementary School this school | 303 | 49.8% | 38.8% |
| Westchester Intermediate School Westchester | 353 | 53.3% | 37.6% |
| Northwest School Evergreen Park | 242 | 48.3% | 51.0% |
| Westchester Primary School Westchester | 364 | 54.7% | N/A |
| Northeast Elementary School Evergreen Park | 329 | 52.9% | 34.0% |
| Jahn Elementary School Chicago | 360 | 48.3% | 30.5% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southeast Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #956 of 1,925 | #262 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #869 of 2,077 ▲ 245 | #257 of 829 ▲ 75 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #1,083 of 2,077 ▲ 309 | #356 of 829 ▲ 140 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #1,523 of 2,419 | #632 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #218 of 2,035 | #131 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #273 of 2,042 | #113 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #1,306 of 2,132 | #609 of 804 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
303
-54 (-15%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 303 | 28.5 | 10.6:1 | 50% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 27.8 | 11.2:1 | 55% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 26 | 12.1:1 | 55% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 30.5 | 9.9:1 | 46% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 299 | 24 | 12.5:1 | 43% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 45% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 26 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 20 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (303 to 303); teachers down 7% (30.5 to 28.5).
About Southeast Elementary School
Southeast Elementary School is a small elementary school found in Evergreen Park, Illinois. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 303 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Southeast Elementary School is one school in a 5-school district, Evergreen Park ESD 124, which enrolls 1,735 students.
Hispanic students make up 45% of enrollment at Southeast Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 29% Black, 22% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cook County's population at about 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Based on 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Southeast Elementary School has a ratio of 10.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Southeast Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.8% is 3.9 points below the 42.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Southeast Elementary School among them.
Evergreen Park High School sits about 0.3 miles from Southeast Elementary School. Southeast Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 52.8%, higher than Southeast Elementary School's 38.8%.
The federal government classifies Southeast Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 303, compared with 357 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evergreen Park ESD 124
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 560 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Northwest SchoolElementary · 242 students
Other schools in Evergreen Park
- Evergreen Park High SchoolHigh · 941 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 560 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Northwest SchoolElementary · 242 students
Other Southeast Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Southeast Elementary. Southeast Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 17.
- Southeast Elementary SchoolSycamore, IL · 300 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 817 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 816 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolAnkeny, IA · 585 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 562 students
Nearby schools
- Evergreen Park High School0.3 mi · 941
- Central Middle School0.7 mi · 560
- Southwest Elementary School0.9 mi · 301
- Northeast Elementary School1.0 mi · 329
- Sutherland Elementary School1.0 mi · 641
- Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School1.2 mi · 222
Frequently asked questions
About Southeast Elementary SchoolHow large is Southeast Elementary School?
Southeast Elementary School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southeast Elementary School serve?
Southeast Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Southeast Elementary School have?
Southeast Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is Southeast Elementary School?
Southeast Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 45% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Southeast Elementary School?
Southeast Elementary School is overseen by Evergreen Park ESD 124 in Cook County.
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